Former Iowa U Political Science Head Porter Dead at 81
Kirk J. Porter a pioneer in political science at the University of Iowa for 41 years died at 81 in a West Branch nursing home. Funeral set for 1:15 pm Thursday at George L. Gay funeral home with burial in Oakland cemetery. He authored works on US suffrage and county government and taught across national and local politics.
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Gladbrook Firm Seeks Payment Over Airport Hangers Dispute
The German Construction Co of Gladbrook filed suit in Marshall County against the city over unpaid work on hangars and a storage building at the airport. The firm says about 136 457 is due after construction per a 1971 contract. A bond election was voted down last Dec. 25, delaying payment.
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Eye Bank Assn to Meet in Iowa City and Scherle Seeks Fourth Term
Information indicates the Eye Bank Association of America will meet in Iowa City as Rep. William Scherle announces a bid for a fourth term in the U S House. Scherle, agriculture committee member, plans to run in a district covering Boone to Warren counties under new reapportionment.
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Decatur
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Fair Association
Waukon City Calls Special Meeting On Ward Remap
The Waukon city council set a noon Saturday special meeting to redraw ward boundaries to meet one man one vote rules. Proposed changes move Westview and Howe's trailer court from the third to the second ward.
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Dutch official opens mushroom cultivation station in America
The Dutch Minister of Agriculture Piet Lardinais opened an experimental mushroom cultivation station in America, Limburg province. He stated there was no need to travel across the Atlantic for this development, underscoring regional growth.
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Grants to Iowa for Statistics Program
Grants totaling 36769 dollars were awarded to Iowa to administer an occupational safety and health statistics program. Elliott Browar, regional director of the bureau of labor statistics, noted the funds support collecting compiling and analyzing safety data under the Nixon Iron Bill era act.
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Towa
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Artist George Segal to lecture on pop art May at Iowa
George Segal recognized as a top pop art sculptor will speak on his work in Approach and Attitude. The free lecture is May 9 at the University of Iowa’s Sculpture Gallery in the Museum of Art.
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University of Iowa
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U. of TL. Museum of Art
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Stroke Not End Of World A Warning By Hal Boyle
New York AP report notes strokes affect about one percent of Americans. Hal Boyle recounts his own experience on March 16 with sudden slurred speech, a hospital stay, and a hard road to recovery. He highlights the lack of warning signs and emphasizes managing blood pressure and lifestyle changes to extend life.
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